PMP vs. HEAD, CHH, ULTP, CFX, LIKE, SDG, JLH, HWDN, DFS, and UPGS
Should you be buying Portmeirion Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Portmeirion Group include Headlam Group (HEAD), Churchill China (CHH), Ultimate Products (ULTP), Colefax Group (CFX), Likewise Group (LIKE), Sanderson Design Group (SDG), John Lewis of Hungerford (JLH), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), DFS Furniture (DFS), and UP Global Sourcing (UPGS). These companies are all part of the "furnishings, fixtures & appliances" industry.
Portmeirion Group vs.
Headlam Group (LON:HEAD) and Portmeirion Group (LON:PMP) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.
Headlam Group received 30 more outperform votes than Portmeirion Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.26% of users gave Portmeirion Group an outperform vote while only 59.64% of users gave Headlam Group an outperform vote.
Portmeirion Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Headlam Group. Headlam Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Portmeirion Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Headlam Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.1%. Portmeirion Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Headlam Group pays out -65.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Portmeirion Group pays out -5.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Headlam Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Headlam Group had 2 more articles in the media than Portmeirion Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Headlam Group and 0 mentions for Portmeirion Group. Headlam Group's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Portmeirion Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Headlam Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Headlam Group has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Portmeirion Group has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Headlam Group has a net margin of -1.98% compared to Portmeirion Group's net margin of -11.53%. Headlam Group's return on equity of -5.80% beat Portmeirion Group's return on equity.
74.7% of Headlam Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.8% of Portmeirion Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Headlam Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.4% of Portmeirion Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Headlam Group beats Portmeirion Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PMP) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff